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Introduction
This morning we are continuing the sermon series Simply -Living the Uncluttered life… We are going to be looking at the Attentive life…
When it comes to beauty… woman have us men beaten hands down!
There are some men out there that are the exception to the rule… but for the most part women excel in this department.
Beauty is a big deal.
The beauty industry is worth an astounding $382 billion dollars …globally… the average women will spend $15000.00 on beauty products in her life time…
Woman are experts when it comes to beauty they know exactly how much make-up to apply - the right amount of foundation, eyeliner, lip stick … Woman are conscious about having their nails perfectly manicured… Pam will come back from a manicure and she have these works of art on her nails.
When a nail breaks its a big deal.
Have to go back and get it fixed…
Finding a good hairstylist for woman is like a man finding a good mechanic.... Once you found one you are never going to move….
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When it comes to clothing women know exactly what matches and what doesn’t…Some of us men would be committing fashion crimes every day if it wasn’t for our wives…
Beauty doesn’t just happen – it is the result of paying attention to the details….
When talking about the attentive life… we looking at the spiritual man… the inner life… there is beauty that happens in the inner life…but it doesn’t just happen it takes attentiveness and mindfulness … paying attention to the details.
Last week we looked at 1 Peters 2 We saw this template for spiritual formation…Peter tells us to prepare our minds for action… set our hope fully on Christ and his coming…and to walk with obedience… as you read on to chapter Peter continues with this theme…of spiritual formation…
In 1Peter chapter 3 he deals with mindfulness… We should be (subject to) or mindful of those in authority over us... Be mindful of other believers (love the brotherhood), Be mindful of those in the work place - master servant relationships - Be mindful in our marriages…He then brings attention to the inner life..
Peter is addressing women who might be married to an unbelieving husband…that it not so much her words but her person that will bring him to Christ.
Peter say we can live in such a way that we won’t even have to say one word… that others will see the inner beauty… of a life surrendered to Christ.
1 Peter 3:3–4 ESV
Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.
There is nothing wrong with taking care of the outer man… and we should .... but here… Peter is making a point... that we ought spend time being transformed from the inside out…the word adorn is the word Kosmos..it speaks of the order that is found in the universe......in context it’s speaking of putting order into the private world..
Peter tells us to put into order... the hidden person of the heart”
Ingression
How do we develop an attentive heart?
How to we put order in to the inner Kosmos.
I want us to turn to 1 Samuel 16 where we find 3 specific areas mindfulness.
The book of Samuel’s records the history of Samuel, Saul and David.
and the Bible is an honest book it records everything the good the bad and and the ugly.
Samuel the prophet had recently had this confrontation with King Saul and announced to him that God had rejected him as King… we find Samuel grieving the failure of Saul.. his emotions are raw whenGod appears to him.
1 Samuel 16:1–2 ESV
The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel?
Fill your horn with oil, and go.
I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”
And Samuel said, “How can I go?
If Saul hears it, he will kill me.”
And the Lord said, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.’
Ingression
T/s We put the inner world into order by paying attention to three things.. attentive to what is influencing your life.
Indentation
1. Be attentive to what is Influencing your life.
Instruction
Samuel is God’s prophet —but he was not immune to feelings of insecurity and failure.
The reason that Israel desired a king in the first place was because Samuels own sons had failed.…
when Samuel became old he made his sons the judges of Israel… his sons did not walk in his ways but turned after gain., they took bribes and perverted Justice.
When there was a leadership gap, the people asked for a king… they asked to be like all the other nations around them...
They went from being nation being led by God theocracy to a monarchy a nation being led by a man… And things did not go well… when Saul became King Power went to his head and his whole life became one of trying to hold onto it… Samuel is in mourning he is dealing with failures of Saul…Samuel is grieving… failures.
God asks Samuel.
- How Long will you grieve over Saul?
• Grieving is natural and appropriate response… A relationship lost, an opportunity gone, a personal failure....
Even God grieved over making Saul king…
In the ancient middle eastern culture mourning, could last between 7- 70 days.. depending who it was…;It was visible… some tore their clothes, walked barefoot and others covered their head.... some shaved their heads… There was no doubt that someone was grieving… it is healthy to grieve… but the idea is that Grieving lasts for a season
• The attentive life pays attention to who or what we grieving.
Sometimes we don’t even know that we are grieving …
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God didn’t say why are you grieving but how long are you going to grieve?
Don’t you know that I rejected Saul?
GOD IS SAYING WHY HAVEN’T YOU MOVED ON….
• The problem with Grief is it can immobilize us.. something happened 20 years ago and we still haven’t moved on… we are still dwelling on something…
· Students from Strayer University set up a chalkboard on the sidewalk in New York City for one day.
At the top of the board was written, "Write your biggest regret."
They provided a supply of colored chalk and set up a video camera to record people writing on the board.
· The chalkboard attracted many people walking by and was soon filled to overflowing with written regrets that were poignant and thought-provoking.
· Burning bridges
· Never speaking up
· Not being a good husband
· Should have spent more time with family
· Staying in my comfort zone
· Not saying "I love you"
· Never applying to med school
· Not making the most of every day
· Not being a better friend
As the board filled up with so many different stories, they noticed that almost these regrets had one thing in common.
Nearly all of them involved the word "not."
They were about chances not taken.
They were about words not spoken…
We need to know that God is always moving.
Doing new things in the earth.
God finished creation he moved on to building a nation.
moved on to redeeming mankind… filling people with is spirit...,
· God is always moving and breathing on different things… Sometimes God anoints a certain thing that we are doing for a season… Then he is going onto something new…
• The problem with Samuel is that he got stuck… Living his life from his grief…and it influenced his life…
• Even though Saul was Samuel’s discovery… Samuel had to make the choice… He had to let go of Saul and follow after God...
Letting go is never easy...
• We become attached to people, places and things…
• We must make a choice… If what God did yesterday does not move with the spirit today… we must make a choice!
To stay with the old --- or to move with the new.
Illustration
Jonathan Edwards taught that
“ the task of every generation is to discover in which direction the Sovereign Redeemer is moving, then move in that direction.”
Implication
God has an answer for our Regrets.
1. Fill your Horn with oil and Go -- Oil is Symbolic of the Holy Spirit… We never going to go wrong when we chose to go with God’s spirit… \The horn was the container for the oil....likewise every believer is a container of the Holy Spirit… Bible tells us to be sober and vigilant… to be filled with the Spirit and not drunk with wine…
Romans 8:14 ESV For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
2. Get up and Go… “God can’t steer a parked car” … You must be moving.
God says head towards Jesse’s house… He has no idea who he is going to be anointing… he has a direction...
He is just walking with the God’s anointing… … His gas tank is full and he is moving...
3. Take a Risk.
There is a difference between faith and presumption… Hebrews 11 you find the Hall of faith … each one of those who walked by faith were risk takers… Many of them only saw the promises on the Horizon but they walking towards the things that God promised
Samuel’s response to God’s command was, ‘How can I go?
Saul will hear about it and kill me’ (1 Sam.
16:2).
There could hardly have been a more awkward situation: anointing a man to be king when there already was a king.
If Samuel were to make an unexpected journey, especially one to a location outside of his normal judicial circuit, it would likely be reported to the king.
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